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The independence of the judiciary. rule of law and justice party brought in the law retirement age 2 years ago as part of a package of reforms off the judicial system it makes about a 3rd of judges take on early pension opponents say the ruling party can then exercise influence over the courts by appointing replacements for the retired judges. now brussels bureau chief max for fun is following the story and joins me now mark fill us more about this ruling how did the e.u. use highest score justify its decision. you just mentioned one part of that i'm reading lowering the age of retirement of t...

A deal from brussels if he can bring that deal in through and the 2nd point is we have been there before gale accepted to resume a came back with a deal and parliament did not agree to that so at the moment for me it seems very doubtful how he would bring a deal through parliament ok you mentioned a lot of details that need to be worked out for example now if this is as we just heard as well a very big if if there is a political agreement and boris johnson gets backing for it in westminster this weekend is that it sort of the end of the end of the month or are we still looking at a possible te...

Sites in the freight sector already caring professions hundreds of thousands of eastern europeans head to richer western european countries for work their contracts don't have to stick to the host countries pay rates making their labor cheap it's long been an issue in countries like germany and france now brussels has reached initial agreement on tightening the rules. at the heart of our proposal is the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place and we now confirm this principle in legislation this directly responds to the concerns of many citizens the agreement opens a new phase ...

Media. we'll take a closer look at the president's comments in a couple of minutes. first, the latest on the terror threat in europe. fred, good morning. what are you learning this morning? >> reporter: good morning christi and victor. it's a beautiful afternoon here in paris. 2:00 p.m. here in europe. and there are several strands of the investigation that were following and, of course, the security situation in europe's specially in belgium at this point in time. now brussels, the capital of belgium is on the edge this morning. the streets still mostly clear. as police are on patrol, the s...

Problem workers can get paid different wages even if they are doing the same work in the same country and e.u. workers directive wants to prevent what is essentially wage dumping but that's easier said than done which is why there's been a heated debate between eastern and western european countries now brussels is taking action. with their own building sites in the front sector only in caring professions hundreds of thousands of eastern europeans head to rich western european countries for work contracts don't have to stick to the host countries pay rates making them lay the cheek it's long b...